Bar-fixture.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM E. POATE, OF NEILLSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

BAR-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent NO; 692,706, dated February 4, 19053.

Application filed October 26, 1901. Serial Nd 80,082. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knowuthat 1, WILLIAM E. POATE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Neillsville, in the county of Clark and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Bar-Fixture, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a fixture for drinking-bars.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a section through my devicej'as used as an adjunctjtoan ordinary drinking bar. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the interior mechanism, partly broken away; and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. l.

A casing 1 is mounted upon the floor 2 and provided with a removable top 3 and with brackets 4 4. A tray 5 is provided externally with a circumferential flange 6, normally resting upon the bracketse 4E. The bottom 7 of the tray is providedwith a drain-trough 8, which is wide in the middle and tapers toward the ends, as shown'in Fig. 2. Above the bot-' tom of the tray is an air-space 9, into which depend two rinsing-bowls 1O 10, which are provided with curved flanges 11, normally resting upon opposite sides of the tray 5. Across the tray are supporting-ribs 12 12 17 17 for sustaining the weight of various ves sels and other objects, so as to allow the same to drain. Upon the ribs l2 12 rest boards 13 13, and upon these boards are separate bars 14, spaced apart from each other, the whole constituting drain-boards. The bottoms of the bowls terminate in outlets 15, which are arranged immediately over the drain-trough. Each of the bowls is provided with'an"'upwardly-extending lip 26, which reaches entirely across the tray and is used to'support the carving-boards 18 18. These carvingboards rest partly upon the lips and partly upon the curved flanges 23 of the ice-box or bott1e-rack-16, and for this purpose the carving-boards are provided with bent edges 24 24. The ice-box or bottle-rack rests upon the ribs 17 17. .A tubular member 19 is fitted telescopically upon the spout 20, forming the outlet of the trough 8, and is also fitted telescopically into the drain-tube 21. The spout 22 at the bottom of the ice-box or bottle-rack 16 is immediately over the spout-20 of the tray.

My invention is used as follows; The tray is placed in the casing,as shown in Fig. 1, the

or as a bottle-raclgserves to keep the interior of the casing comparatively cool. The draintrough 8 serves'to drain thoroughly the drainboards, the rinsing-bowls, and the ice-box or bottle-rack, so t-hatall of these parts are kept comparatively freefrom water.

The tray can be readily removed from the casing, and each of the devices above described is readily detachable from the tray, which is a greatadvantage. By means of the telescopic connection the tray can be readily disengaged from thedrain-pipe, thus rendering allparts of the tray readily accessible. The carving-boards may be used to cutlemons or for any other purpose agreeable to the wishes of the barkeeper.

The tray and all of its accessories are made of metal.

It will be seen, therefore, that I have constructed a neat, simple, and compact device with interchangeable parts, yet readily accessihle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1 1. The combination of atray having a sloping bottom, supporting-bars fixed to said tray above the bottom thereo t',and receptacles resting on the bars and suspended therebywithin said tray,each'.rece ptacle adapted to d rain into the tray.

2. The combination of a tray havinga sloping bottom and a drain-gutter therein, supporting-bars fixed to said tray, and receptacles fitted removablyto said bars and suspended thereby within said tray, each receptacle having a nozzle arranged to discharge directly to said drain-gutter.

3. The combination of a tray having a bottom formed by converging sections which meet at a common outlet, said sections having drain-gutters, suit-able drain-shelves supported at the ends of the tray and arranged to discharge liquid to the bottom thereof, supporting-bars fixed to the tray between said shelves, and receptacles resting on the bars and suspended thereby within said tray, each receptacle having a nozzle arranged to discharge into a drain-gutter.

4. The combination with a casing, of an externally-flanged tray suspended therein and provided with a sloping bottom, drain-shelves supported in the end portions of the tray and inclined toward the bottom thereof, receptacles suspended removably within the tray between the drain-shelves and arranged to discharge thereto, and flanged carving-shelves supported removably in the tray and spanning the spaces between said receptacles.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. POATE.

Witnesses:

F. T. TUCKER, L. V. WooD. 

